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[JaneMarple]

If anyone is ordering online from Michael's be aware that the store fulfill the orders, not the DC. The store's associates fill these orders in between stocking the shelves, cashiering amongst other duties. My local store is backed up over 200 and are up to four days behind. A few stores are backed up over 400, that's insane!

The worst part is that the company has cut hours after the Thanksgiving holiday so you may not get your orders ontime. One of my good friends who work there has explained this to me. It is best if you order online and pick up instore.

If anyone here has ordered anything from Michael's please check your order status.

[sunshine45]

we have a MICHAELS close by, but i have to say that they have not been that well stocked with holiday items. i was disappointed last week when i went there, but my wallet was very happy.

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thanks for the heads up @JaneMarple .

[Trailrun23]

I went into Michaels yesterday for the first time in a couple of years. I didn't like anything they had, and they had plenty of Christmas stuff; just seemed more low-quality than it once was....just looked like they had a glitter explostion.

I am getting notices every time I order something now that deliveries may be delayed, etc. i am still waiting for a jacket from J Jill that has been in process for 12 days now, so glad it's for myself and not a gift with a deadline.

[shoekitty]

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@sunshine45wrote:

we have a MICHAELS close by, but i have to say that they have not been that well stocked with holiday items. i was disappointed last week when i went there, but my wallet was very happy.

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thanks for the heads up @JaneMarple .

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@sunshine45I bet they are not stocked and backed up. Michaels gets 97% of their items from China and with Covid the factories there are idle or backed up. Newer stuff just isn't coming to us. Some of the items come from viet nam, Thailand, and some Central American countries. Same tired old stuff a lot of the time. And I guess we are lucky to get that sadly

[JaneMarple]

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@shoekittywrote:

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@sunshine45wrote:

we have a MICHAELS close by, but i have to say that they have not been that well stocked with holiday items. i was disappointed last week when i went there, but my wallet was very happy.

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thanks for the heads up @JaneMarple .

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@sunshine45I bet they are not stocked and backed up. Michaels gets 97% of their items from China and with Covid the factories there are idle or backed up. Newer stuff just isn't coming to us. Some of the items come from viet nam, Thailand, and some Central American countries. Same tired old stuff a lot of the time. And I guess we are lucky to get that sadly

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The stores have cut hours and the receiving areas are packed to the ceiling, no shortages this year. Michael's have cut hours so the stores can't get the merchandise to the floors. My friend called me crying a few days ago over the frustration of it all.

[nascarfan]

I have been placing orders with Michaels and have been very pleased with the packaging and speed of the fulfillment of the orders.

[CelticCrafter]

It's been a long while since I was in Michaels, probably since before the pandemic but the last time I was, I turned around and left.

It was like they were the junk store version of Hobby Lobby.

[gidgetgh]

I'm not a big Michael's shopper. No particular reason. I am just not in the market for most of what they carry.

Anyway, I stopped in there the day before Thanksgiving to get some new "fake flowers" to put on my husbands grave. I'm still kind of new to all that. I almost had to be revived because of the prices on the single stem flowers. Literally in the middle of the store almost had to be revived. What a racket.

[chrystaltree]

I ordered a few things from Michael's the week before Thanksgiving and I was quite surprised when they arrived in just a week.

[ECBG]

I ordered a few Christmas floral picks and they were terribly cheap! I am totally disgusted with this store!